Marsh Davies

Alan, you're a champ. ❤️

drawing of a fantasy interpretation of a basilosaurus, a long bodied extinct whale with hind flippers. its body is patterned with multicolored squares like a quilt

extremely realistic basilosaurus reconstruction

Glad they're still trying new things with True Detective

Crop from The Times newspaper of a picture of some cheese. The caption reads, "Cheese: neither good nor bad".

Typical "centrism" from The Times, I see.

Relatable

Not only is this one of the funniest shows ever made, but it also has a perfect ending.

A snapshot of two copies of "The Anechoic Chamber", one of which is inserted halfway into a very ordinary blue-green ribbed sock

If you are still looking for a "stocking filler" please bear in mind that "The Anechoic Chamber" is a slimline A-format paperback, so it fits snugly in a standard men's sock or the pocket of a winter coat. This also means savings on wrapping paper, postage, etc. and it's only £9.99.

going through old work for a thing
here's an evergreen fav of mine from 2017

Argh! I swear 20 years ago tech was exciting and cool, and now it's like, fucksake, what absolute bullshit is my phone/pc/etc going to pull today?

Yes - mostly in the sense of encountering creatures that have all too many of them. Though they pop up elsewhere, as inventory items, pie fillings, etc.

winter evening sketch

Don't want to make a fuss about things, but if an update to my phone halves its battery life, Tim Cook should buy me a new phone and/or go to jail.

solo game in which you play an immortal dickhead whose only course of action is aggressively negging the shittest character class in Middle Earth.

@dougjohnmiller.bsky.social Hey! Just wanted to say I really enjoyed your castle illustrations in the latest English Heritage mag. Terrific stuff!

"Th-th-thanks, G-Gandalf. It heartens me so to have such a wise friend and ally!"

Grow a spine, Frodo. Kick his wizard ass.

Re-reading Lord of the Rings at the moment, and I'd forgotten how relentlessly Gandalf drags Hobbits.

"Of course, The Enemy has overlooked one thing: dipshits such as yourself, Frodo. Buffoons with fat feet and shithole burrows. Yes, perhaps your painful loser energy may surprise Sauron yet!"

Malcolm Gladwell once said that he'd always pick being interesting over being right. Matt Yglesias is neither.

YouTube video by GameTrailers Inkblood - Official Announcement Trailer

A new detective game worth keeping an eye on - releases next year

Fuckin hell, Dan! Relieved you're ok. Take care of yourself. <3

I see iOS has moved on from its last great UI innovation of "let's make it harder to tell icons apart" to "let's make the time harder to read".

I'm back in the home country at the moment. On my trips to and through London, I have seen a total of two people still masking. Also, everyone is visibly and audibly sick. Ah well!

This is a great thread full of answers which show the absurd breadth of experiences we lump under TTRPG.

worrying about how we'll come to see the AI era like the good ol days

digital painting of a dunnock

Continuing my series of bird neighbour portraits - is there a more overlooked bird than the dunnock?

Blaring this out the windows as you do the school run, is it?

I will enthusiastically defend basic fuckin reading skills though, jfc.

Great insight into what it takes to ship an indie videogame in the current funding/publishing environment. It's tough out there, even for people as multitalented as Tom!

I know this art was picked cuz its GTA but boy howdy does it look like its suggesting a solution

"And you make a living from that? Wait, why are you crying? Oh god, he's gone foetal."